Bobby Collins, one of postwar Everton's greatest players
Bobby Collins was a member of Everton's holy trinity with Alex Young and Roy Vernon. - a letter sent in to a newspaper -
As an Everton fan of very long-standing, I was sad to hear of the death of Bobby Collins. He was one of postwar Everton's greatest players, largely responsible for our winning the Division One title in 1962-63, along with the other two members of the "holy trinity", Alex Young and Roy Vernon; and virtually single-handedly the reason for our having stayed in the division the previous year -
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Don't know what the bloke's letter is on about, Joey. Colling had gone before we won the league & if memor serves me right, wee finished fourth the season beforee we won it, so certainly Bobby didn't save us from the drop then.
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